The Consortium of NLUs has published the CLAT 2025 Round 1 Cut-off on May 26, 2025. Candidates can download the cut-offs through the CLAT 2025 merit list published on the official website - consortiumofnlus.ac.in. The publication of the merit list signals the start of the first round of CLAT 2025 counselling. The NLU admissions are considered tough due to the higher cut-offs for premier NLUs. In this article, get the CLAT 2025 round 1 cut-off for the top 10 NLUs.
Only those candidates who have cleared the CLAT 2025 cut-offs will be able to obtain seat allotment. Candidates will be admitted into 5-year LLB programmes through the Common Law Admission Test UG.
Candidates can download the CLAT 2025 cut-off for the first round of counselling by following the steps given below -
Visit the official website - consortiumofnlus.ac.in
Click on the round 1 merit list link
Next, click on the CLAT 2025 merit list PDF of the desired university
The CLAT 2025 round 1 cut-off PDF will be visible on the screen
Download and save the cut-off for future reference
Given below is the course wise cut-off for the top 10 NLUs along with opening and closing ranks for the first round of CLAT 2025 counselling.
Category | Opening rank | Closing rank |
General | 1 | 100 |
General W | 5 | 105 |
General GC-KA | 29 | 104 |
General GC KA* | 107 | 310 |
EWS | 119 | 694 |
SC | 182 | 2881 |
OBC | 209 | 1302 |
ST | 678 | 3396 |
Category | Opening Rank | Closing rank |
EWS | 372 | 513 |
EWS-TL | 975 | 2618 |
GC-TL | 183 | 607 |
General | 17 | 150 |
OBC | 333 | 1219 |
SC | 1483 | 3177 |
ST | 1311 | 3621 |
Category | Opening rank | Closing rank |
GC-WB | 338 | 1049 |
General | 57 | 285 |
OBC-A-WB | 6867 | 10297 |
OBC-B-WB | 1359 | 3792 |
SC | 3048 | 3952 |
ST | 4823 | 6343 |
Category | Opening rank | Closing rank |
GC-WB | 1058 | 1362 |
General | 299 | 652 |
OBC-A-WB | 13343 | 13417 |
OBC-B-WB | 4168 | 4168 |
SC | 4244 | 6584 |
SC-WB | 8433 | 12662 |
ST | 8994 | 9739 |
ST-WB | 18509 | 18509 |
Category | Opening rank | Closing rank |
EWS | 819 | 1118 |
General | 236 | 402 |
General GC GJ | 195 | 195 |
General GC-GJ* | 578 | 2219 |
OBC | 1396 | 2138 |
SC | 974 | 5796 |
ST | 4457 | 7639 |
Category | Opening rank | Closing rank |
EWS | 787 | 1261 |
General | 257 | 458 |
OBC | 1658 | 1757 |
SC | 5077 | 5763 |
ST | 6166 | 8243 |
Category | Opening rank | Closing rank |
EWS | 1338 | 1890 |
General | 486 | 821 |
OBC | 2217 | 2453 |
SC | 6764 | 7200 |
ST | 10384 | 11901 |
Category | Opening Marks | Closing Ranks |
DTA-MH | 8850 | 8850 |
EWS-MH | 2524 | 7523 |
General | 443 | 536 |
NTB-MH | 6717 | 6717 |
OBC-MH | 4161 | 7008 |
SBC-MH | 13450 | 13450 |
SC-MH | 7180 | 12388 |
SEBC-MH | 21062 | 23893 |
ST-MH | 10288 | 13124 |
Category | Opening Rank | Closing Rank |
EWS | 542 | 910 |
General | 159 | 357 |
OBC | 1307 | 1699 |
SC | 3343 | 4659 |
ST | 4343 | 5232 |
Category | Opening rank | Closing rank |
EWS-UP | 1327 | 1370 |
General | 461 | 721 |
OBC-UP | 1064 | 3354 |
SC-UP | 1832 | 11064 |
ST-UP | 19305 | 19305 |
Category | Opening Ranks | Closing Ranks |
General | 469 | 943 |
SC | 3196 | 6557 |
ST | 8920 | 11889 |
Category | Opening Ranks | Closing Ranks |
General | 552 | 1034 |
SC | 7630 | 7711 |
ST | 10921 | 12684 |
Category | Opening Ranks | Closing Ranks |
EWS | 1501 | 1911 |
General | 864 | 1476 |
OBC | 1671 | 3025 |
SC | 8542 | 9324 |
ST | 10015 | 13373 |
Category | Opening Ranks | Closing Ranks |
EWS | 1912 | 2088 |
General | 1164 | 1504 |
OBC | 1845 | 3634 |
SC | 8493 | 9515 |
ST | 10573 | 13619 |
On Question asked by student community
Yes, you can switch from one college to another to a CLAT college through the entrance test. However, it is important to note that you will have to start from year 1 rather than transferring directly into the second or third year. Some of the top
CLAT participating colleges
here.
Here you can check out the top
NLUs offering admission into 3-year LLB
with and without CLAT exam:
1. NLSIU Bengaluru for LLB programme through NLSAT.
2. NLU Odisha and NLU Visakhapatnam offer admission into the 3-year LLB course through their own admission process.
3. CNLU Patna
Yes, for CLAT preparation, building a reading habit daily is a good approach. You can read the daily newspapers like The Hindu and The Indian Express. While going for Animal Farm by George Orwell, Word power Made Easy by Norma Lewis for novel comprehension.
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